Bayesian asymptotics with misspecified models

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-187

  De Blasi, Pierpaolo ^a,b   Walker, Stephen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotics; Consistency; Misspecified model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881226124     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5705/ss.2010.239     Document Type: Article

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